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That's not really related to steam, if a game dev does not opt for drm/required online you can usually start the game from the installation dir without opening steam.

Precisely.

Steam for the most part really is just the distributor in that sense. It's up to the dev to make use of any of the DRM present. You can very easily ship a DRM-free game through Steam. Gotta love Valve.